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About Joseph Clay
Joseph Clay is an independent novelist and blogger. His novels fall in the genres of Mystery, Crime along with the Supernatural and Paranormal plus Erotic. Many of his tales combine all the above in to one novel.
Joseph Clay was born in Newnan, the county seat of Coweta County, Georgia, a small town south of Atlanta, on April 28, 1960. Joseph is the second son―but also the oldest as his older sibling died only months after being born―of John Tillman Clay and Virginia Imajo Coalson Clay.
Joseph began his professional career, not as a writer but an engineer in 1982. He worked in this field until his retirement in 2014 at the age of 54. That’s when Joseph decided that writing would keep him occupied and hopefully sane. Read about Joseph’s transformation ‘Numbers to Words: My Journey from Engineering to Writing’ for the complete story.
Joseph and his family reside in Nashville, Tennessee.
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Blog postIssue 174 * Blog 04-2021 * Read Time: 5 Min. * Section: From the Author’s Desk Well look at this, it’s 2021, and not a moment too soon. There is really no need to wish everyone a Happy New Year, as it’s almost the first of February. I guess the polite thing to do would be to wish all a belated Happy New Year. So here you go!
Happy Belated New Year to all my fans, subscribers and readers and welcome to 2021.
Like always the first blog of the year covers my writing goals and pr1 year ago Read more -
Blog postIssue 99 * Blog 12-2019 * Read Time: 5 Min. * Section: Live Laugh Love Nashville
Hailey Verhaalen is an authentic talent whose inner flame shines bright; a young woman with deep, family roots that keep her grounded, heart-driven and full of excitement for a promising, musical future. Along with being a gifted, natural singer, Hailey’s ability to weave her experiences into tightly crafted, catchy songs lifts her above the norm of today’s it-all-sounds-the-same country.
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Blog postIssue #145 * Blog #24-2020 * Read Time: 5 Min. * Section: Joe’s Writings
Photo Courtesy of ShutterStock Inc. To Rest in Peace One Must Die in Peace Joseph Clay October 2016 Chaplain Ronnie Jenkins was stepping to the podium as he was watching the hand full of people that were gathered in the smallest chapel of the funeral home. Some were taking a seat while others were making their way towards the simple wooden coffin. Chaplain Jenkins was placing his bottle of water on the sm
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Blog postIssue #113 * Blog #26-2019 * Read Time: 3 Min. * Section: Joe’s Writings
Photo Courtesy of ShutterStock Inc. A Twitter Second Joseph Clay December 11, 2019 The frigid December air was whistling through the closed windows of John and Jane Doe’s modest home. Both were smokers and were enjoying their morning nicotine and caffeine as Jane said. “I wonder how much it would cost to replace the windows in the house, starting with the two in here first?”
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Blog postIssue 101 * Blog 14-2019 * Read Time: 6 Min. * Section: Live Laugh Love Nashville
For singer-songwriter Sasha Aaron, the struggle to find herself and her calling ended the first time she picked up her father’s guitar.
‘That was it. I started teaching myself by listening to country and classic rock albums. Eventually I started taking lessons, singing and, before I knew it, I was writing songs.”
sashaaaron.com [Photo Credit: Adrian David Payne.] Sasha Aaron is a Miami nat2 years ago Read more -
Blog postIssue 142 * Blog 21-2020 * Read Time: 4 Min. * Section: Live Laugh Love Nashville Robert Biehn is an acoustic-rap/pop artist that blends his passion for songwriting & novel storytelling to create a unique sound and experience that will leave the audience wanting to hear, know, and feel more.
Fifty minutes or so, depending on traffic, south of Nashville, is quite community located in Maury County, within that small community you will find a huge talent. His name Robert Biehn, and2 years ago Read more -
Blog postIssue 122 * Blog 01-2020 * Read Time: 5 Min. * Section: From the Author’s Desk Happy New Year readers and welcome to 2020. Like always the first blog of the year covers my writing goals and projections.
Before we get to that here are my thoughts on the New Year. 20/20 represents perfect vision. I am hoping that means that I will be able to see all things clearly. That way I will have a better understanding of myself, the world and it’s people.
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Blog postIssue 121 * Blog 34-2019 * Read Time: 4 Min * Section: From the Author’s Desk Where did the time go? We all will be ringing in 2020 in less than 24 hours.
That means two things. One its time to party and bring in a new decade. I’m always up for a party whether it be in the streets or at home.
The second…it is time for my year end report. That doesn’t sound like a lot of fun. So why do it, you ask?
Sometimes I ask myself the same question. My answer is always this. A y2 years ago Read more -
Blog postIssue #111 Blog #24-2019 Section: From the Authors Desk Blogger: Joseph Clay Hello again my friends. The third quarter of 2019 had come to close so its time to catch everyone up on what has been happening.
I’ll start with the positives before we get to the negative.
ThunderHorse Publishing a subsidiary of Joseph E Clay . Com launched an online magazine titled The Corral. The magazine was developed to give the INDIE author a platform to showcase their work.
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Blog postIssue #103 Blog #16-2019 Section: Writing Updates… Blogger: Joseph Clay I have not made a general writing up date covering all my Works in Progress (WIP) since Writing Update/WIP 8-31-18 which was posted about eight months ago.
Writing is like any other job, it can get over whelming at times. The writer develops writers block, makes excuses why they can’t write everyday and/or spends more time talking about writing than writing. When that happens the writer must step back and
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Titles By Joseph Clay
World-renowned paranormal psychiatrist and practicing witch Doctor Valerie Bell and her husband, computer genius and strip club-owner Adam Bell, have an unusual marriage, but when Adam goes missing and a mutilated body is found in his car, Valerie begins to fear for her safety. At first she uses her powers of witchcraft and her position as a profiler for the Fort Worth Police Department to help with the investigation, but when she receives a threatening ransom note from a madman she turns to a private investigator for help.
Levi West, mysterious, sharp-witted and sexy, has come to Texas to help two women, Debra and Patricia, who are in the care of the non-profit organisation Basham House. The women have endured a terrible supernatural ordeal in the Congolese jungle, and Levi takes them to Valerie for psychiatric therapy. During their first appointment Valerie tells them about her husband’s disappearance and begs Levi for help. But with so many skeletons hiding in Valerie’s closet, how can he be sure that he can trust her?
With the clock ticking, Valerie faces a dangerous dilemma: come up with the ransom money or execute a risky plan to save her career and her reputation. Whatever she chooses, she must act quickly. Although she keeps the details of her past firmly locked away, unfolding events threaten to drop the key right into the hands of the wrong people, and Valerie only has one week in which to assemble an unstoppable team before somebody unlocks the door. Can she convince Levi to help her in time, or will her sordid past end up splashed across the six o’clock news?
As the investigation continues, connections are made between Adam’s disappearance and a series of brutal killings, the Salem Stake murders, which took place six years previously. The killer was never found, and the bodies of the thirteen victims were all discovered alone, in rooms locked from the inside. So when a message from the returned Salem Stake is found in Adam’s car, alongside the unidentifiable body, the police begin to wonder how he could be connected to the unsolved crimes.
Witch’s Dilemma is a novel filled with twists, turns and plenty of questions to keep you guessing. Will the mystery of Adam’s disappearance ever be solved? Who is behind the Salem Stake murders and is it too late to bring them to justice? And is there more to the police investigation than meets the eye? As loyalties change and sexual attractions burn sudden and fierce, every character learns the price that must be paid when confronting a life-changing dilemma.
Dive into Witch’s Dilemma for an explosive adventure packed with witchcraft, sex, betrayal and bloodthirsty vengeance.
Debra Wright had been released from rehab once again after serving her time in the slammer. As the cold rain turned to sleet she stumbled off the concrete stoop and shifted her backpack, which contained everything she owned. The nightmares were still haunting her and she was tired of living on the streets, fighting for every scrap of food. Debra was determined to make it south so that she wouldn’t have to endure another Detroit winter…
Patricia Mitchell watched her graduation cap sail high into the air at her private Catholic school in Birmingham. She had accomplished what her parents wanted: Patricia was a true southern belle who had graduated at the top of her class. She had been waiting for this day for months, and tomorrow she would be on her way to the Gulf Coast with her friends to celebrate. For once she was going to experience real life and fun. But her dad had other plans, and they didn’t include her traipsing around on a beach half-naked with a bunch of drunk teenagers. That night Patricia took all she could and left via her bedroom window…
These two young women, total opposites, had the same goal: each wanted a different life. They met by chance and the bond between them was immediate. Together they set out on a journey that led from one adventure to another, but heartache, pain and trouble seemed to find them at every turn. In Texas Patricia and Debra shared the leading roles in an off-Broadway production. Their lives appeared to be on the right track until opening night, when all hell broke loose and murder put them on the run again. Patricia never mentioned it but she felt as if a mystical force was pulling them to a faraway destination which promised protection from the evils and troubles of the outside world. The organization STRFAA (Save The Rain Forest And Animals) offered them a deal that was too good to pass up and, they soon learned, too good to be true. They became prisoners in a jungle paradise, where The King of the Demons made his offer: drink the magic elixir or be subjected to torment and death, just like the ones who had refused to drink before them. Will Patricia’s vision of rescue come to pass? So far there is no sign of a knight in shining armor, and time is running out as one of the two holds the cup in her hands…